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W. T. WOOD. DEVICE FOR COLLECTING, REGISTERING, AND RECORDING FARES. No.481,993.

OPatented Sept. 6, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

WVILLIAM THOMAS \VOOD, OF NASIIVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO S. O. MERRILL AND JAMES T. DICKS, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR COLLECTING, REGISTERING, AND RECORDING FARES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,993, datedSeptember 6, 1892.

Application filed June 22, 1891. Serial No. 397.061. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM THOMAS Wool), a citizen of the United States,residing at N ashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Fare Receiver and Register; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a combined fare receiver and register.

The object of the invention is to produce a combined fare box andregister, whereby safe and convenient means for collecting, registering,and recording the receipt of fares on cars, boats, and the like will befurnished.

The Object of the invention is,furthermore, to produce a combinedfare-box and register comprising a receptacle for the fares and aregister operated by the opening of the re ceptacle in removing thefares to print a rec- 0rd of the number of fares previously deposited inthe receptacle.

The Obj ect of the invention is, furthermore, to produce a combined farebox and register furnishing a receptacle for the fares and aprinting-register by which a record of the number of fares is printed asthe receptacle is opened to remove the fares and in which the catch andlook by which the portion of the receptacle displaced in order to removethe fares is covered by a piece or strip of pa per or some othermaterial so arranged as to be destroyed or punctured in releasing thecatch or lock, whereby removal of the contents of the receptacle withoutdetection is rendered impossible.

The object of the invention is, furthermore, to produce a farereceptacle and register so constructed that the coin to be received andthe receipt whereof is to be recorded is exposed to View after beingintroduced and wherein the movement necessary to allow the entrance ofthe coin into the receptacle also serves to make a record of the receiptof the coin.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the combined farereceptacle and register comprising a receptacle for the fares,

provided with a movable portion permitting removal of the fares, and aregister arranged adjacent to the receptacle, the register beingprovided with printing-faces, a surface upon which the printing is to bedone, and a connection between the movable portion of the receptacle andthe register, whereby when the movable portion is displaced the recordis printed.

The invention consists, furthermore, in a combined fare-receptacle andregister comprising a fare receptacle having a movable portionpermitting displacement to allow re moval of the fares, a way or passageleading to the receptacle, a lever provided with a projection orprojections extending into the way or passage and serving to regulatethe introduction of fares, a register connected with the lever in suchmanner as to be operated by it, the register being movable, and aconnection between the movable portion of the receptacle and theregister, whereby the latter is moved as the movable portion isdisplaced to permit removal of the fares.

The invention consists, furthermore, in a combined fare receptacleprovided with a movable portion permitting the removal of the fares, aregister placed adjacent to the movable portion and capable of slightmove ment, a connection between the movable portion of the receptacleand the register, whereby the register is moved as the movable portionof the receptacle is displaced, aprintingsurface consisting of a stripof paper or the like, a locking device for securing the movable portion,and a strip of paper or the like interposed between the parts of thelocking device, so arranged that the strip of paper or thelike is tornor injured in the act of releasing the locking device, and the displacing of the movable portion of the receptacle presses the registeragainst the strip of paper or the like.

The invention consists, furthermore, in various novel details ofconstruction,whereby the objects of the invention are attained.

One form of embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of theimproved fare receptacle and register. Fig. 2 is a central verticalcross-section. Fig. 3 is a front view with a portion of the casingremoved to display the interior disposition of the parts. Fig. 4 is aperspective view showing the removable portion of the fare-receptacle, aportion of the locking device, a strip of paper or the like upon whichthe printing is to be done by the register, and also showing theimplement or key by which the locking device is released. Fig. 5 is adetail view showing a portion of the locking device. Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the register, showing the manner of sustaining the same inthe casing of the device. Fig. 7 is a detailview showing the bell andhammer, and Fig. 8 is a sectional View showing the connection betweenthe lever by which the admission of the fares into the receptacle iseffected and the ringing and registering device.

In the drawings, A represents the shell or case of the device, which inthe present embodiment of the invention is shown as adapted to becarried in the hand of the conductor or other person collecting thefares, and for purposes of convenience in handling or attachment to theclothing is provided with a handle a and a hook at. It will of course beunderstood that I do not wish to limit my self to the form of frameherein shown, as the salient and important features of the invention maywith facility be embodied in a casing or shell designed to bepermanently attached to the wall of a car or the like.

The upper portion of the casing is provided with a hopper B,terminatii'igatits lower end in a passage D, extending into the casingA. The passage Z) is provided in its walls with openings l) and b andthe side of the casing A, forming the outside of the passage, has agrating b and is provided with suitable openings through which the coinor the like is visible in its passage to the interior of the receptacle.Projecting through the openings Z) and b are the arms 0 and c of thelever C, which is pivoted to lugs on the outside of the casing A. Thelever O is so arran ed that when the arm 0 is projected into the openingI) the arm 0 is withdrawn from the opening b and vice versa, and thespring 0 serves to keep the upper arm 0 in that position normally, sothat when a coin is introduced into the hopper it falls upon the arm 0and re mains there exposed to view through the opening 5 in the side ofthe casing until the outer end of the lever O is depressed, which motionwill withdraw the arm 0 and introduce the arm 0. W'hen the lever O isrelieved from pressure, the spring returns to its normal position,allowing the coin or the like to fall into the interior of thereceptacle.

Attached to an inward-projecting arm c of the lever O is a dependingoperating-pawl 0, provided with a hook or toe c, which latteris held inits proper operative position by means of spring metal 0 secured by aguard o to the inner face of the casing A. The hook c is designed toengage and impart movement to the register D at each movement of thelever C, by which a coin or the like is permitted to pass through thepassage Z).

The register consists of two wheels D D arranged adjacent to each other,the wheel D bearing upon its face numbers beginning with 5, eachsuccessive number increased by five, and terminating with 100, and thewheel D is provided with numbers 1 to 20, consecutively. The edge of thewheel D is provided with ratchet teeth d, with which the hook c engages,and the wheel D is so arranged in connection with the wheel D as to bemoved one step at each revolution of the wheel D by means of a longtooth on said wheel and a carrying-wheel, in the usual manner in devicesof this kind. The register is supported upon a pivot d, to which theframe D of the register is attached, and the register is retained in itsnormal position by means of a spring (1 pivoted on said frame D andbearing upon a portion of the casing of the device. The frame D isprovided at its lower end with a projecting arm (Z having a nil) or hookd extending downward in such manner as to enter an indentation a formedina circular shell a The lower portion of the casing A is preferablycylindrical in form and has an open end and is provided in its bottomwith an opening a. One end of the cylindrical portion and the opening inthe bottom are closed by a removable portion A consisting of a circularend part a and a curved portion (L7, the portion a being for closing theopening in the end of the circular portion and the curved portion abeing for closing the opening a in the bottom of the receptacle.Arranged within the removable portion A is a circular shell a, designedto contain a roll of paper a, the end of which M, Fig. at, is shown asprojecting from the circular shell a The locking device by which theremovable portion is retained in position consists, essen tially, of thespring-arms E, arranged on the inside of the casing and an arrow-shapedprojection 6, attached to a pivoted lever c, fastened to the removableportion A hen the removable portion A is in proper position to close theopenings in the bottom of the casing, the arrow-shaped projection willbe in position to enter between the spring-arms E and will be retainedby the same, the removable portion being held in position until the armsare separated.

In placing the parts in position the end a of the strip of paper or thelike afieontained in the circular casing, is drawn up between theremovable portion A and the outside of the casing, and is there confinedby a corrugated or other suitable plate H.

In looking the receiver the arrow-shapcd projection e is forced throughthe strip of paper, the shell and easing being provided with suitableopenings 6 through which the projection 6 passes.

In order to unlock the device, it is necessary to separate thespring-arms E, and as the strip of paper a is between the springarms Eand the pivoted lever c it will also be necessary to pass the instrumentthrough the paper. For the purpose of separating the arms E and by sodoing unlocking the device I provide a key F, Fig. 4, provided with awedge-shaped projection f, which is forced through a strip of paper orthe like and between the spring-arms E. After the spring-arms have beenseparated the arrowshaped projection (2 may be withdrawn and theremovable portion A displaced, permitting access to the interior of thereceptacle.

The cylindrical shell a of the casing A is provided at a point which isopposite the nib or hook d with an indentation a into which when theparts are in a closed position the hook 01 projects, so that as theremovable part A is turned to withdraw the curved portion a from theopening a the register, the numbers on the face of which are suppliedwith ink from a suitable reservoir G as they pass beneath it, is drawnforward by the projecting arm 61 (the frame D being pivoted as at dagainst the strip of paper which bears on the inside of the plate H, andis thereby held in place to receive the impression.

A bell I, provided with a suitable hammer 'i, is arranged adjacent tothe lever C, the lower arm 0 of which engagesanib 0 formed on the lowerpart of the hammer 1', and causes the same to strike the bell at eachmovement of the lever O.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fare receptacle and register comprising a receptacle for the fares,provided with a removable portion, and a movable register arrangedadjacent to the receptacle, the reg ister being provided withprinting-faces, a surface upon which the printing is to be done, and aconnection between the removable portion of the receptacle and theregister, whereby when the removable portion is displaced theprinting-faces of the register are brought against the surface designedto receive an impression, substantially as described.

2. A combined fare receptacle and register comprising a fare-receptaclehaving a removable portion permitting displacement to allow of theremoval of the fares, a way or passage leading to the receptacle, alever provided with a projection or projections extending into the wayor passage and serving to regulate the introduction of fares, a registerconnected with the lever in such manner as to be operated by the lever,the register being movable, and a connection between the removableportion of the receptacle and the register, substantially as described.

3. A combined fare receptacle and register comprising a fare-receptacleprovided with a removable portion permitting the removal of the fares, aregister placed adjacent to the receptacle, a connection between theremovable portion and the register, a printing-surface consisting of astrip of paper or the like, and alocking device for the removableportion, be tween the parts of which the strip of paper is introduced,the parts being so arranged that the strip of paper or the like isinjured in the act of releasing the locking device, substantially asdescribed.

4. A combined fare receptacle and register comprising a farereceptaclehaving aremovable portion permitting displacement to allow of theremoval of the fares, away or passage leading to the receptacle, a leverprovided with a projection or projections extending into the way orpassage and serving toregulate the introduction of fares,a bell, and aprojection from the lever engaging the hammer of the bell, and aregister connected with the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM THOMAS WOOD.

Witnesses:

W. H. KLINE, C. L. CHASE.

